The GA-EP35-DS3R is GIGABYTE high performance platform based on the killer combination of the new Intel P35 chipset plus support for the latest multi-core processors up to FSB 1600MHz(O.C.), including the latest 45nm platform. The GA-EP35-DS3R also delivers several Unique GIGABYTE innovations including the latest edition to GIGABYTE technology arsenal, the Dynamic Energy Saver(DES), providing extensive power savings with one simple click. Featuring the award-winning Durable 2 design, the GA-EP35-DS3R provides additional power savings, ultra cooling and extended system durability for even the most hardcore PC gamers.

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Summaryim impress with this motherboard, im able to Overclock my E8400 to 3.6 with no problems, just by upping the fsb to 400, no extra voltages.my max fsb ive been able to get is 470, which is pretty good for a lower cost motherboard like this one.

Pros- Lots of SATA ports- Lots of included connectors- Capacitors are supposed to be very durable (time will tell)- Reasonably low price- Bundled applications are easy to use (although not always the most visually pleasing)

Cons- Some of the locations for connections on the motherboard are placed in annoying locations (personal preference though, I suppose)- No major faults-

SummaryI bought this board along with a Q6600, 4GB of ram, and an EVGA video card. I have to say that the system has been running very smoothly, even though the RAM I purchased was not on Gigabyte's tested RAM list. The 8 SATA ports is an excellent feature of this board, especially seeing as I am running RAID arrays. The location of the front panel audio connectors is a little inconvenient, however, as it is on the far side of the case (causes you to run the cables around the video card).

Cons- what does the "performance enhance" setting in the BIOS do?- can't safely remove drives with the Intel chipset. have to use the 2 purple ports (jmicron) for eSATA. Apparently it only available in Vista.

SummaryUpgraded from an ancient AMD board. Put in a Q6600 and overclocked to 3GHz easily. Updated the BIOS easily without a floppy (an issue I had on my old computer as I had no floppy). Fits a Noctua NH-U12P easily.

ProsGood Layout for most of the board, easy to setup, lots of cables included, stable

Cons- Front audio connectors could be better placed - cable has to run between graphics card and CPU/RAM heat sinks- CD has really old drivers and website is slow to get new ones- Windows applications (except for the energy saving apps) are confusing, hard to figure out and don't look that great

SummaryThumbs up for the hardware, thumbs slightly down for software.Not an overclocker but bios does have lots of options for tweaking.

SummaryI have a Mushkin HP PC2-6400 (4-4-4-12) and I was getting lots of memory errors and it turns out that F1 version of the BIOS doesn't support a lot of memory brands so I had to get version F2 and flash the BIOS. Flashing was really easy and I used the iBIOS utility (offline).

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